What is the ruling on placing the hands before the knees when descending into prostration?
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Question:
A questioner asks: Which is correct in accordance with the Sunnah, placing the hands before the knees when descending into prostration, or the reverse? And what is the authenticity of the hadith of Abu HurayrahSunan Abi Dawud 840Sahih (Al-Albani)?
Answer:
The wording of the hadith, as Imam Ibn al-Qayyim states in *Zad al-Ma'ad*, is inverted with the narrator. The correct version is: "And let him place his knees before his hands." If one places his hands before his knees, that is the prostration of a camel, which we are forbidden to imitate. When a camel kneels, the first part to touch the ground is its front, and the last part to touch is its rear. As for us, it is the opposite: when we prostrate, the first part of the person to touch the ground is his rear, and the last part to touch is his front, namely his forehead, nose, and hands. This is the prescribed manner. Yes.
A questioner asks: Which is correct in accordance with the Sunnah, placing the hands before the knees when descending into prostration, or the reverse? And what is the authenticity of the hadith of Abu Hurayrah
when one of you prostrates himself he must not kneel in the manner of camel, but should put down his hands before his knees.
إذا سجد أحدكم فلا يبرك كما يبرك البعير وليضع يديه قبل ركبتيهAnswer:
The wording of the hadith, as Imam Ibn al-Qayyim states in *Zad al-Ma'ad*, is inverted with the narrator. The correct version is: "And let him place his knees before his hands." If one places his hands before his knees, that is the prostration of a camel, which we are forbidden to imitate. When a camel kneels, the first part to touch the ground is its front, and the last part to touch is its rear. As for us, it is the opposite: when we prostrate, the first part of the person to touch the ground is his rear, and the last part to touch is his front, namely his forehead, nose, and hands. This is the prescribed manner. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم تقديم اليدين قبل الركبتين أثناء النزول للسجود؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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